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terior and Insular Affairs on S. 586 and several bills to amend the 

 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, the Committee heard 

 testimony from the following departmental and agency spokesmen: 

 Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior ; Robert M. White, Ad- 

 ministrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, De- 

 partment of Commerce; Russell V. Train, Administrator, Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency; Russell W. Peterson, Chairman, Council 

 on Environmental Quality; and Owen W. Siler, Commandant, U.S. 

 Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 



On March 5, 1975, Senator Hollings wrote to the Office of Manage- 

 ment and Budget in the Executive Office of the President, requesting 

 comments on S. 586. The reply follows : 



Executive Office of the President, 



Office of Management and Budget, 



Washington, D.C., March 24, 1975. 

 Hon. Ernest F. Hollings, 

 U.S. Senate, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Hollings : This is a note of thanks for your thoughtful letter 

 of March 5 expressing your views on meeting States' and communities' financial 

 needs resulting from OCS development. 



Your letter is timely in that the Administration is currently reviewing this 

 subject. It is a complex subject and the Administration will not likely take a 

 position on OCS revenue sharing until we gain more information on such mat- 

 ters as what the onshore impacts are likely to be and until there is a better 

 understanding of the equity of such sharing. We will most certainly keep your 

 thoughtful views in mind as we progress in our studies of this subject. 

 Sincerely, 



John A. Hill, 

 Actvng Associate Director. 



